The Pumpkin Patch

Halloween is done!  After selling over 4,000, yes 4,000 pumpkins, Roger and I are going to take some time to relax before we get ready to sell Christmas Trees.  I have to say that we had a lot of fun managing the Pumpkin Lot and we were very fortunate to have GREAT employees.  Here's a few pictures of our lot complete with not only pumpkins but squash; baking pumpkins; goats, bunnies, chickens and a duck; a bungee ride, Tubs of Fun & Mindwinder mechanical rides; an inflatable jump house, an inflatable obstacle course; and a giant slide.

Train Trip to and from the Grand Canyon

Today we went on a train trip on the Grand Canyon Railway to the Grand Canyon, toured the Grand Canyon and rode the train back to Williams, AZ.  The pictures tell what kind of a day we had.

Prior to the train trip a Wild West show

One of the actors and Sue

The trip to the canyon included a musical show

Bright Angel Mule Trail

View from Visitors Center

West of Mather Point

Hoppi Point

Thank God that there was a railing!

The Grand Canyon Train Station

Hoppi House

Train trip back to Williams again included music,

 a robbery,

and beautiful scenery

The End

On the Water

Roger and I have been lucky enough to be able to go on the water out of 3 different harbors on 3 different kinds of boats.  I've also had the opportunity to live out one of items on my bucket list and that is to go kayaking.  Not only did I get to go kayaking, but I got to kayak on the ocean with my very good friend Donna Davis and her wonderful grandson Alden.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of me kayaking because I didn't want to get the camera wet much less lose it if I tipped.

Here's an assortment of our boating trips.  The 1st are from our trip to Cabbage Island on a tour boat Bennie Alice.

Bennie Alice

Cabbage Island - Private Island

Maine Lighthouse on way to Cabbage Island

Lighthouse on the way to Cabbage Island

Another lighthouse on the way to Cabbage Island

The Downeast Clambake

Dinner: Fish Chowder, 2 Whole Lobsters, Steamer Clams, Corn on the Cob, Boiled Egg, Grilled Onion and Maine Blueberry Cake for dessert (I got 3 meals out of my food)

Benny, Roger and Chuck  ready for the boat ride to Cabbage Island

 

 On Wednesday, Bernard and Donna Davis took us for a boat ride down the Damariscotta River from Darmiscotta to South Bristol.  What a beautiful day!

Bernard & Roger

Donna

Our next purchase

What a great looking lobster boat

Where the lobster fisherman leave their gear

The Lobster Co-op

A very young lobsterman

Typical young lobster fisherman and his boat

An old dredger fishing boat

One of the many forts in Maine

A bottom dredger going out for it's daily catch of haddock and cod

 On Thursday of this week  several of the couples who work at the Augusta/Gardiner KOA as Workkampers went for a dinner cruise aboard the schooner Heron out of Rockport.  The Heron starred as "Sanderson's Yacht" in the Johnny Depp film Rum Diary. 

Cynthia & Benny Jackson

Harold & Barb Adams

Chuck & Terri Mitchell

Our captain & builder of the Heron

Rockport Harbor Swimming Area

Our next million dollar sail boat - when we sell the coach :-)

Ross raising the sails

Mt. Battie in the background of Rockport harbor

Cynthis, Ben, Chuck, Terri, Our Captain, Roger, Barb & Harold

Another beautiful lighthouse

Terri at the helm

Ben and Cynthia - they're such cute love birds

Sunset

 

Ross, the deckhand, rolling up the sails

Cynthia was having way too much fun!

We arrived back safe and sound (no one fell overboard)